Crime Statistics for Caldecote, Hertfordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Caldecote in October 2024. There were a total of 55 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Caldecote, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	22
Anti Social Behaviour	17
Public Order	7
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Other Theft	4
Burglary	1
All Crime	55

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Caldecote. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Caldecote

We've taken the ten nearest places to Caldecote and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Caldecote has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Norton (2.48 miles)	147
Radwell (1.96 miles)	120
Stotfold (1.75 miles)	42
Astwick (1.24 miles)	40
Caldecote	31
Arlesey (3.1 miles)	22
Newnham (0.88 miles)	8
Ashwell (1.96 miles)	7
Bygrave (2.63 miles)	4
Ashwell End (1.75 miles)	4

Where are the most violent places near Caldecote?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Caldecote and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Norton	47
Radwell	31
Caldecote	22
Astwick	18
Stotfold	12
Arlesey	9
Newnham	2
Ashwell	2
Bygrave	1
Ashwell End	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Caldecote?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Caldecote to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Caldecote compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Caldecote and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Caldecote is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Ermine	54
2	Baldock Town	46
3	Letchworth Wilbury	45
4	Letchworth East	45
5	Letchworth South East	41
6	Letchworth Grange	40
7	Cadwell	40
8	Arbury	32
9	Baldock East	25
10	Arlesey	20
11	Stotfold and Langford	15

Which road in Caldecote has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Caldecote with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around The Limes.